I have found that Dollarhide's numbering system is the only one that will UNIQUELY identify ANYONE related to the root person, usually your self if you are doing your own family history. Each direct ancestor, and yourself, are identified by a digit.0. The numbering follows Anentafel numbering. Therefore, I am l.0 regardless of where I am in the line of siblings. All males then are twice the number of their immediate descendant, therefore my father is 2.0, my mother is 3.0; my father's father is 4.0, my father's mother is 5.0; my mother's father is 6.0, my mother's mother is 7.0. Take a look at a blank pedigree chart and see how it is numbered. Here is a link to a full explanation of the system: http://eogen.editme.com/DollarhideSystem
By using this numbering system, I can create notebooks for original documents and use the number for identification. Where a family may be concerned in a photo or document, I use, for instance, 2.0/3.0 to show that a family is involved. I use the first-named person in a document (or the person that has the information in the document, and make reference to that individual where the others are concerned. I file the children behind the married couple until they marry and have their own identity, or leave the home. The children listed behind the marriage couple are kept in their numerical order. I hope this helps some of you, as over the years I have puzzled over this ever so much and find it the most helpful solution for me. Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: "RICHARD SCHULTHIES" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 9:21 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question about File ID I don't use it at all. It is from a system (before personal computers), which used a manila folder numbering system, each piece of paper was named. ex: Birth0001, Census60, Marriage12; which put all the births in the birth folder, sequentially numbered in order recieved, similar to RINs and MRINS. In each mnila folder the records were stored in the number order. It can still be a good organizing sytem, but most programs 'sort' by names and not by type of record. Some of us from those days eventually abandoned those systems. Rich in LA CA ----- Original Message ---- From: William H. Boswell <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, December 18, 2009 5:31:26 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Add an Event "Census" to Everyone I know the feeling. I exported from FTM 2009 to a GEDCOM that I imported into Legacy a few months ago and I'm still cleaning up the sources and attaching images from Ancestry.com and other sources. One thing I'd like to know from others is: Is there any point in entering a File ID on the Display Picture page where you enter other information? I've been entering the actual file name (JPG) for all images, but it doesn't seem to help much if I need to use that same image later on and try to find that File ID again. In most cases, I can't find it so what's the point of assigning a File ID. I thought it would be useful for photos of people or gravesites, but I never can get it to work. I still have hundreds of images to attach to sources so maybe I should just skip adding the File ID. The image name is listed at the bottom of the page anyway. Bill Boswell ----------------------------------- From: Deborah Trounstine [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 7:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Add an Event "Census" to Everyone That sounds like a really good method, Margaret. Boy, do I wish I'd started out that way - before I had 4600 individuals in my file. I started out with the old Generations program and then moved to Legacy about 2 years ago. I love Legacy, but of course imported from my old program rather than entering everyone by hand. I suppose this happens to plenty of us, eh? Thanks for the clear explanation of how you manage census records! Deborah Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp --- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 091218-1, 12/18/2009 Tested on: 12/19/2009 1:22:06 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
